Astronauts Brains Could Be Affected By Travel to Mars; Can NASA Protect Them From Such Scenario?

SPACE 03.18.2021 00:20 AM

Short bursts of artificial gravity cannot compensate for diminished cognitive capacity, according to a study simulating the consequences of weightlessness.

12-Year-Old Child Prodigy Goes to College and Aims to Become NASA Engineer

03.17.2021 21:43 PM

Alena Wicker, a 12-year-old child prodigy, is starting college and aims to work for NASA in four years, driving one of those future space mobiles.

NASA Names Asteroids After Diverse Group of 27 Trailblazing Astronauts

03.17.2021 21:14 PM

NASA names 27 asteroids after African American, Hispanic, and Native American astronauts. Asteroids have been named after a group of astronauts who have been trailblazers for their ethnic groups.

NASA’s Juno Orbiter Resolve Jupiter’s Mysterious 'Dawn Storm' Auroras

03.17.2021 00:34 AM

The Juno spacecraft has finally figured out why auroral "dawn rains" occur every morning on Jupiter.

Hubble Space Telescope Back Online: Captures Abel 78 in Constellation Cygnus Despite Glitch

03.16.2021 22:30 PM

NASA restored Wide Field Camera 3 over the weekend after the veteran spy of the deep cosmos took a very long nap.

NASA Celebrates the Navajo Language With Perseverance Finds on Mars

03.16.2021 00:46 AM

NASA honors the Native American Navajo language through the names of different features found by the Perseverance on Mars, starting with the rock named "Máaz" - Navajo for "Mars."

NASA Says Biggest Asteroid Will Pass By Earth With 77,000mph Speed; Here's How to Watch This Rare Moment

03.15.2021 23:33 PM

NASA scientists have verified that an asteroid traveling through space at around 77,000mph will safely pass Earth this week. The asteroid poses no danger to our safety.

NASA Astronaut Assigned For Soyuz Mission Could Spend Year in Space to Make a Russian Film

03.15.2021 20:45 PM

NASA could soon chalk up another one-year space mission thanks to an out-of-this-world Russian movie-making deal.

NASA Astronauts Face Few Snags As They Spacewalk to Fix ISS Plumbing; Here's What Happened

03.13.2021 21:18 PM

NASA astronauts took a spacewalk on Saturday to rearrange space station plumbing, careful to avoid toxic ammonia coolant still lingering in the lines.

Russia and China Join Forces to Build Station Around the Moon, Rivaling NASA’s Planned Gateway

03.10.2021 21:03 PM

Russia and China entered into a partnership to build an International Scientific Lunar Station that will rival NASA's planned Gateway.

NASA Stacks Twin Boosters for Space Launch System Rocket

03.09.2021 20:01 PM

NASA finished stacking the most powerful rocket twin booster, Space Launch System (SLS). The launch vehicle is expected to bring humans to outer space.

SpaceX Launch Carrying Japanese Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Other Cosmonauts Moved to April 22

03.08.2021 23:16 PM

The upcoming launch will be the third manned flight to the ISS by SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. NASA earlier said that the Crew-2 launch would be no earlier than April 20.

NASA Plans Including Woman in New Race to the Moon, Elon Musk's Space X Collabs With Artemis Mission

03.08.2021 00:48 AM

NASA is working to bring the first woman to the lunar surface, almost half a century since the last Apollo explorer walked on the moon.

Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins Quarantined for 21 Days; What Happened To Apollo 11 Astronauts After Lunar Mission?

03.07.2021 22:27 PM

Astronauts Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Edwin Aldrin were medically quarantined for three weeks following their return to Earth in 1969.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Unraveled Red Supergiant Monster Star’s Dimming History

03.07.2021 20:56 PM

VY Canis Majoris is expelling huge clouds of dust in the final stages of its life. Astronomers used Hubble to explain the reason for the dimming.

NASA TESS Detected Exoplanet Gliese 486b Nearby With Features Similar to Earth

03.06.2021 21:51 PM

Experts say Gliese 486b is just 24 light-years away and is just 30% the size of Earth. They say this kind of planet is what they've been dreaming about.

Perseverance Rover Makes First Drive Across Martian Terrain

03.05.2021 21:07 PM

NASA's Perseverance rover has begun its exploration on the Martian terrain on March 4, covering 21.3 feet (6.5 meters) across the Red Planet.

NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover: Is Its Arm Ready To Dig More Rocks?

03.04.2021 20:01 PM

NASA Mars Perseverance rover flexes its arm on Mars for the first time. It is testing its components and confirmed nothing was damaged during the landing.

NASA Boeing Starliner Mission to ISS Delayed Again, SpaceX Crew 2 Flight on Time

03.03.2021 23:56 PM

Boeing Starliner test flight is delayed again due to the production losses caused by the Texas weather last month. SpaceX Crew 2 flight remains on time.

Apple iMac G3 Powering NASA’s Perseverance Rover Using 23-Year-Old Computer Processor

03.02.2021 21:25 PM

When the Perseverance Rover of NASA led itself to the surface of Mars on February 18, it did so through the help of the same processor that operated the iMac G3 in the late 1990s.

James Webb Space Telescope Reaches Completion of Final Functional Performance Test Before Launch

03.02.2021 01:26 AM

The James Webb Space Telescope of NASA has reached completion of its last functional performance tests at the Redondo Beach, California-based Northrop Grumman.